[BD] Euros Update

[Paul Hurt]

Just back from Southampton this evening, I can catch you up with  
events that haven't made it to BD yet.

** Yes, Open and Women won their semis and are in the finals on  
Saturday.

** Junior Women picked up our first gold.

** The Masters took the next gold. Very solid game from GB, who  
motored away in the second half. Let's remember that some of the  
Finnish players were on the team that gave DoG a run for their money  
in the Open Final at WUCC 1999.

** GB Mixed built a convincing lead in their final, but around the 15- 
mark (game to 17) a couple of mistakes gave the Finns a sniff at  
pulling it back. One Finnish point was scored thanks to an  
astonishing full-sprint layout Callahan - about the fourth off-man  
layout D of the game by their star player. GB found themselves under  
immense pressure at 16-14 or 16-15 (can't remember for sure) with the  
stands on both sides of the field loudly cheering the Finns in stereo  
throughout the point. GB supporters were suspiciously quiet!. But the  
team kept their cool and efficiently put the game away. Much  
jubilation and another gold.

Okay... you're going to hear about this at some point or other, so I  
might as well be the one to tell you. The evening ended with some  
shock news. Following an official complaint from the Austrian coach  
about incidents during the game (one in particular), GB Juniors' win  
against Austria this morning was "disallowed" - for want of a better  
word. This means they will not compete in the final tomorrow, and  
instead finish fourth.

Although I heard about it from both players and onlookers, I didn't  
see the game with my own eyes, so I can't comment further.

I'll put a few photos from the last couple of days of EUC on my  
gallery asap. Tom Styles and others will have a ton more for you when  
they get back.

Paul


On 3 Aug 2007, at 12:58, <li51jp at surrey.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi BD,
>
> Not wanting to step on the toes of 'The Voice' but here is a quick  
> update of info from the site for all the other office bound players  
> that may not be able to surf at their leisure...
>
>> From what I can make out from the website (which seems to be  
>> running a little better at the moment) GB Women are through to the  
>> final (and will be playing Finland or Switzerland) and GB Juniors  
>> are through to their final and will be playing Germany.
>
> The Junior womens final has finished and GB open should have also  
> finished their game but the scores have not been updated.
>
> Good Luck to everyone involved!
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